pip

battre de justesse, devancer de peu

Battre quelqu’un de très peu, souvent juste avant la fin d’une compétition.

En anglais simple : To beat someone by a very small amount, often just before the end of a competition.

• They pipped us by one point.
• She pipped the favourite at the finish line.
• Can he pip his rival to the title?

Comment l'utiliser : pip someone to something (She pipped her rival to first place.); pip someone by something (They pipped us by one point.)

Synonymes : edge out, narrowly beat

Expressions courantes : pip someone narrowly, pip someone by something, pip someone to something

épépiner

Enlever les pépins d’un fruit.

En anglais simple : To take the seeds out of fruit.

• Pip the grapes before serving them.
• She peeled and pipped the oranges.
• Have you pipped the fruit for the jam?

Synonymes : deseed, seed

Expressions courantes : pip the grapes, pip an orange, peel and pip

atteindre d'une balle

Toucher quelqu’un ou quelque chose avec une balle tirée par une arme.

En anglais simple : To hit someone or something with a bullet.

• The hunter pipped a duck.
• A soldier pipped him in the shoulder.
• He tried to pip the rabbit with his rifle.

Synonymes : shoot

Expressions courantes : pip a duck, pip the target, pip someone with something

piailler

Pousser de petits cris aigus, comme un oisillon.

En anglais simple : To make a short, high sound like a small bird.

• The chick pipped softly.
• Small birds were pipping in the nest.
• We heard a chick pip inside the egg.

Synonymes : peep, chirp

Expressions courantes : pip softly, pip in something, pip from something

point

Un des petits points ou signes figurant sur un dé, un domino ou une carte à jouer.

En anglais simple : One of the small dots or signs on a die, domino, or playing card.

• This die has one pip showing.
• Count the pips on both halves of the domino.
• The card had five red pips.

Synonymes : spot, dot

Expressions courantes : a single pip, count each pip, a red pip

pépie

Maladie qui rend la respiration difficile chez les oiseaux, surtout les poules.

En anglais simple : A disease that makes it difficult for birds, especially chickens, to breathe.

• The hen has pip.
• Several birds in the flock developed pip.
• The farmer checked the chickens for signs of pip.

Expressions courantes : a chicken with pip, suffer from pip, treat for pip

perle, merveille

Personne ou chose particulièrement bonne ou impressionnante.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that is especially good or impressive.

• That car is a pip.
• She's a real pip, always ready to help.
• They thought the new show was a pip.

Comment l'utiliser : a pip of a something (That was a pip of a party.)

Synonymes : gem, marvel

Expressions courantes : a real pip, a regular pip, a pip of something

petite tache, point

Une très petite marque ou un minuscule morceau de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A very small mark or piece of something.

• A black pip marked the white surface.
• There were tiny pips of paint on his sleeve.
• She noticed a red pip near the edge.

Synonymes : speck, spot, dot

Expressions courantes : a tiny pip, a black pip, a pip of paint